The Journal - Loring Parkhttp://www.journalmpls.com/neighborhoods/loring-park
The neighborhood is named for its park, Loring Park, which was known as Central Park until its name was changed in honor of Charles Loring, the first superintendent of the Minneapolis park system. Turn-of-the-century brick walk-up apartments and a row of businesses surround the park. The neighborhood is home to important institutions and buildings such as the Basilica of Saint Mary, the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church and the Woman's Club. (Source: City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Profiles)en4 Bells opening in former Joe's Garage space http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/4-bells-opening-in-former-joes-garage-space
<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Eric Best</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The team behind Butcher &amp; the Boar will open<a href="http://4bells.com/" target="_blank"> 4 Bells</a> in the former Joe's Garage space in Loring Park next week.</p>
<p><span>Brendan McDonald, formerly of Butcher &amp; the Boar, and Sam Miller (<span>Burch Steak House, Tilia, Barrio)</span> will lead the restaurant's kitchen, which will be serving "innovate cuisine with a Southern influence" with seafood and a<span> champagne/raw bar.</span></span></p>
<p><span>Joe's Garage left the space neighboring The Third Bird <a href="http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/joes-garage-closing-march-23" target="_blank">in 2013</a>, and 4 Bells has been in the works since. </span></p>
<p>The opening was announced on 4 Bells' <a href="https://www.facebook.com/4BellsMpls?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. Over the past month, the restaurant has <a href="https://twitter.com/4BellsMpls" target="_blank">shared several photos of the space</a>. </p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Eric Best</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Eggy's, a Chicago-based diner, announced it will open a new location in LPM Apartments this summer.</p>
<p>Chicago-based Magellan Development Group, which owns the 36-story development in Loring Park, announced Monday that the nearly 2,600-square-foot, "urban comfort food" restaurant will open in June. The Journal reported <a href="http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/loring-park-is-getting-a-new-craft-brewery" target="_blank">last month</a> that Lakes &amp; Legends Brewing Company will also open a craft beer taproom in LPM Apartments.</p>
<p>This will be the diner's second location. The first Eggy's opened in Magellan’s Lakeshore East neighborhood in Chicago in 2012.</p>
<p>“We love calling Loring Park and Minneapolis home, and it’s been an incredible journey watching LPM Apartments come to life over the past several months,” said CEO Robin Loewenberg Tebbe of Magellan Development Group in a statement. “We are excited to again partner with Eggy’s to bring our residents and community good food, good drinks and a family diner the neighborhood can call its own.”</p>
<p>Eggy's will serve an all-day breakfast menu, burgers and a pastry bar, along with craft beers and cocktails. The diner will have an interior designed by Chicago-based bKL Architects, local art on display and an outdoor patio.</p>
<p><span><span>“Minneapolis is a very exciting market with a growing food scene, so for us, it’s a natural progression,” said Eggy's owner Nick Papageorgiou.</span></span></p>
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</div></div></div>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:26:09 +0000Eric Best24710 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/chicago-based-diner-announces-lpm-apartments-location#commentsPark Board approves Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Cowles Conservatory concepthttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/park-board-approves-minneapolis-sculpture-garden-cowles-conservatory-concept
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Eric Best</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board approved the concept of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Cowles Conservatory reconstruction.</p>
<p>The $10 million project to address infrastructure issues and costly maintenance is part of a <a href="http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/walker-art-center-announces-75-million-campus-renovation" target="_blank">$75 million overhaul</a> of the Walker Art Center campus.</p>
<p>"We have an opportunity now to bring the garden up for another generation," said Olga Viso, Walker Art Center executive director, to the board at the April 15 meeting. "I think the same spirit of collaboration and exchange and working together that helped to create it in the first place is happening today."</p>
<p>The board's approved concept of the conservatory would turn it into an open, unheated pavilion for wine, beer, coffee or tea concessions, permitted events and park sponsored events. The project also includes a new building for public restrooms, garden orientation and MPRB operations.</p>
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<p>Much like <a href="http://www.journalmpls.com/news/parks/minneapolis-sculpture-garden-could-get-a-meadow-makeover" target="_blank">earlier concepts</a> of the sculpture garden reconstruction, the approved plan includes a natural meadow on the garden's north section for stormwater drainage. Boardwalks would connect several circular grass lawns.</p>
<p>The sculpture garden and conservatory were operating at a nearly $258,000 loss in 2013, but the project would shrink the number down to about $50,000. Under the reconstruction, the projected expenses of the garden and conservatory would increase from just under $300,000 to about $340,000, but revenue is projected to increase seven-fold to approximately $290,000 due to seasonal food vending, concessions and sponsored events. </p>
<p>Along with the campus overhaul, Viso said the center will also commission 8 to 10 new, large-scale works for the sculpture garden.</p>
<p>Construction is projected to being in October this year and end in May 2017, during which the garden will be closed. The center will begin to remove sculptures in August, but many will be <a href="http://www.journalmpls.com/news/news/minneapolis-sculpture-garden-works-will-get-temporary-homes-during-construction" target="_blank">on loan</a> to various venues, such as the Weisman Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Gold Medal Park. </p>
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</div></div></div>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:03:45 +0000Eric Best24690 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/park-board-approves-minneapolis-sculpture-garden-cowles-conservatory-concept#commentsLoring Park is getting a new craft breweryhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/loring-park-is-getting-a-new-craft-brewery
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The brewery, which specializes in Belgian and Farmhouse-style ales, will begin construction this month on a Loring Park taproom and production facility <span class="s1">on the <span class="s1">bottom floor of the LPM Apartments, which opened <a href="http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/inside-loring-parks-new-36-story-apartment-tower" target="_blank">last fall</a>. </span></span><br /></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Twin Cities natives Derrick Taylor and Ethan Applen founded Lakes &amp; Legends to introduce new styles and flavors of beer to the Minnesota market. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">“Minnesota’s craft beer scene is exploding, and we’re excited to be a part of that,” Applen said in a statement. “We believe that our beer will appeal not only to existing beer fans, but also to those who might not have found the styles yet that appeal to them.”</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The brewery is planning a lineup of flagship beers with frequent new releases. Customers can also get 750mL bottles and growlers.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Lakes &amp; Legends plans to distribute its drinks locally and regionally. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"Living in Minnesota we are surrounded by many diverse elements that will inspire Lakes &amp; Legends’ beer,” Taylor said. “We have four distinct seasons, a beautiful mix of landscapes, and a great connection to our food through agriculture. In my mind, Minnesota is the perfect place to make beer. I couldn't be more excited to have a business in Minnesota and join the great beer community we have here." </span></p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Eric Best</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Episcopal Homes of Minnesota plans to build a senior housing development in Loring Park in place of an Episcopal Church office building.</p>
<p>The St. Paul-based nonprofit developer, which specializes in senior housing, wants to alleviate a shortage of parking for the nearby Episcopal Church of Minnesota and St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral through an apartment complex at 1730 Clifton Place. The project, dubbed the <a href="http://ourcathedral.org/episcopal-campus" target="_blank">Episcopal Campus</a>, calls for demolishing the office building and constructing a four-story, 58-unit senior housing complex, which would house 10,000 square feet of church office space and a 1,200-square-foot retail space. </p>
<p>Marvin Plakut, president and CEO of Episcopal Homes, said the impetus for the project was the cathedral's challenge with too little parking, but has expanded to updating the church's outdated office space and providing senior housing. The project would include two levels of underground parking with 175 spaces, including about 60 for residents, who would be independent living seniors who are 62 years old or older.</p>
<p>Plakut said senior housing makes sense for society's changing demographics and there is "ample" demand. Other new senior housing developments have sprout up in the city, including Mill City Quarter and the Ceresota Mill building in the Mill District. </p>
<p>Plans for the $21 million project have been in the works for about 12 years, he said, but the developer recently rejuvenated work on the complex. He said $6.1 million would come from a private raised equity campaign. About half has already been raised. </p>
<p>The developer had planned on six stories, but reduced the number of floors after talks with neighborhood groups and residents, who have historically been sensitive to the height of new developments. <span>“We can make the numbers work at four stories. We cannot make them work at anything less than four," he said. </span></p>
<p>The <span>65-year-old</span> office building owned by the Episcopal Church would be demolished and offices for the bishop, missioners and church affiliates would move into the development's ground floor. The complex would be located between <span>St. Mark’s Cathedral and the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. </span>Plakut said they hope to have a small grocer in the rest of the first floor retail space. </p>
<p>"I'm particularly excited to cultivate an energetic, creative, multi-generational community in the Loring Park neighborhood — both benefitting from the beauty and resurgence of the neighborhood and also bringing our own gifts and passions to bear on the life we share here," said Rev. <span>Paul Lebens-Englund, dean of St. Mark's Cathedral, in a statement.</span></p>
<p><span>The nonprofit expects to break ground in a year and housing to open in early 2017. </span></p>
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</div></div></div>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:21:40 +0000Eric Best24465 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/episcopal-homes-plans-senior-housing-in-loring-park#commentsMCTC to receive distinction for service to veteranshttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/mctc-to-receive-distinction-for-service-to-veterans
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<p><span>Minneapolis Community and Technical College will receive the "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon" designation at a ceremony Jan. 14.</span></p>
<p><span>MCTC's designation as a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon community demonstrates its commitment to veterans and their families. </span></p>
<p>The college recently <a href="http://www.minneapolis.edu/About-Us/News/2014/November/Veteran-Initiatives#Events" target="_blank">dedicated a tree</a> in its outdoor plaza to the community's past and present veterans. The campus is also hosting a national photography exhibit titled "<a href="http://www.minneapolis.edu/About-Us/News/2014/December/Always-Lost-Meditation-on-War-Exhibit" target="_blank">Always Lost: A Meditation on War.</a>"</p>
<p>MCTC will host a proclaimation ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 14 from 11 a.m. to noon in the school's <a href="http://www.minneapolis.edu/Contact-Us/Campus-Map" target="_blank">Helland Student Center</a> (H. 1002). </p>
<p><span>“MCTC’s e</span><span>fforts to go beyond expectations in welcoming veterans include our TRIO Veterans Upward Bound program, a dedicated veteran certifying official on staff and other outreach programs to </span><span>help veterans, military service members and families in our communities,” </span><span>said </span><span>Miki Huntington</span><span>, a MCTC instructor and veteran, in a release. </span><span>“These </span><span>combined efforts demonstrate </span><span>the college’s commitment to going ‘beyond the yellow ribbon’ in support of veterans and their communities.” </span></p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Eric Best</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">MCTC and local leaders fostered anti-violence in the wake of a shooting.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>While most educators teach in a classroom, today Diane Scovill is teaching from a parking lot in Loring Park.</p>
<p>The venue is new, just blocks away from the Minneapolis Community and Technical College and steps away from the 19 Bar, where two people were shot earlier in the fall. The occasion, <a href="http://www.anokaramsey.edu/en/resources/counseling/~/media/Files/Resources/Counseling/whats%20with%20campus.ashx">Green Dot Day</a>, is the same.</p>
<p>For more than four years, MCTC physical education instructors Scovill and Jennifer Mason have led Green Dot Day, a day once per semester when students and staff learn lessons in anti-violence. This fall, more than 100 participants walked near where the shooting took place to reclaim the space and galvanize the community around public safety.</p>
<p>“A lot of times, people don’t know a lot of terrible things happen,” Scovill said. “If people knew… and were looking out for each other, the world would be different.”</p>
<p>The name “Green Dot” comes from violence prevention strategies borne from the <a href="http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/VIPCenter/learn_greendot.php">University of Kentucky</a> where Scovill learned the curriculum behind the concept. Scovill and Mason now teach a self-defense class at MCTC that uses the Green Dot curriculum. Hundreds of students have gone through the class to develop projects, groups or demonstrations on anti-violence.</p>
<p>Green dots represent actions or words that diffuse violence, such as offering support to a friend or calling out a catcaller, whereas a red dot represents an assault, a threat or words that minimize violence. The premise of the concept is that the more people who choose green dots, the stronger the cultural shift toward peace in a community.</p>
<p>At MCTC, the concept has evolved into a grassroots coalition of dozens of student and community groups building a safer community. Green Dot has also spread to the <a href="http://www.stthomas.edu/greendot/">University of St. Thomas</a> and <a href="http://www.anokaramsey.edu/en/resources/counseling/greendot.aspx">Anoka Ramsey Community College</a>.</p>
<p>Mason and Scovill hope to embed the teachings of Green Dot in the core of MCTC and make it a regular part of public safety conversations.</p>
<p>For Scovill, Green Dot Day is about breaking the silence, something that she still tells stories about.</p>
<p>One day in summer class, Scovill was taking attendance and a student was missing. She called their name, but students sat silently. She moved on, business as usual.</p>
<p>In her next class, however, she heard from students who were going to miss class because of the missing student’s funeral. The student was killed in a drive-by shooting.</p>
<p>“That stopped me cold,” she said. “Yeah, my students get shot in drive-bys. My students’ kids get shot, or their neighbor, or their brother, or their cousin. When they actually talk about them, folks are blown away.”</p>
<p>In the school’s 2013 Boynton Health Services Survey, 22.7 percent of students reported the death of someone close to them as being a major mental health stressor, up from 20.3 percent in 2011. MCTC students reported the stressor at higher levels than postsecondary schools statewide, which Scovill said could be due to violence and health disparities.</p>
<p>Part of the Green Dot conversation is talking about these personal experiences and connecting with the neighborhood. Mason’s favorite part of MCTC’s Green Dot coalition is its sense of community, which any student can participate in.</p>
<p>“Even if you haven’t personally experienced [violence], there’s someone in your life who has, or you’re seeing it in the media and you want the world to function in a different way,” she said.</p>
<p>Scovill links red dots to inequality because violence involves asserting power over others. It’s a topic at the forefront of the school, which has one of the most diverse student bodies in the state, with a majority of students being people of color. The campus also experiences high rates of homelessness, low incomes and other barriers to graduating.</p>
<p>“We have a population that is right there in the crosshairs between public health concerns and safety … and individual personal choices,” she said. “We can’t look away anymore.”</p>
<p>Actions like the walkabout for the 19 Bar shooting recognize that violence happens and it isn’t OK, she said, whereas silence reinforces red dots and leaves those affected powerless.</p>
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<p><strong>Community members write to reclaim Loring Park</strong></p>
<p>Green Dot Day is just one way the community has reacted to the 19 Bar shooting. Jana Metge, executive coordinator of Citizens for a Loring Park Community, and others from the neighborhood group are leading an effort to collect community impact statements from local residents and business owners.</p>
<p>Gail Baez, an attorney with Hennepin County whose office processes these statements, said the statements allow community members to add their voice to the justice system. These people aren’t direct victims or witnesses of a crime, but they can speak to the communal and personal effects of something like the 19 Bar shooting. Then, the courts or law enforcement can use the statements in sentencing or other parts of the justice system.</p>
<p>The shooting has brought out a number of statements from Loring Park.</p>
<p>On Oct. 15, Devin Strouss allegedly fired multiple shots into the Loring Park bar, injuring two people. On Nov. 25, Strouss plead not guilty to two charges of second-degree assault, one charge of reckless discharge of a firearm and firearm possession. There is an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Jan. 30 and a jury trial scheduled for Feb. 23.</p>
<p>Both the Green Dot Day walkabout and community impact statements have connected students and residents across campus and neighborhood lines.</p>
<p>“It’s always powerful when you can get students walking side-by-side with the community,” Scovill said. “The more connected we are, the safer we are.”</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:39:36 +0000Eric Best24176 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/green-dot-day-promotes-peace#comments23-year-old man charged in Loring Park bar shootinghttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/23-year-old-man-charged-in-loring-park-bar-shooting
<div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Sarah McKenzie</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="normal">A 23-year-old man faces felony charges in connection with the shooting at 19 Bar in the Loring Park neighborhood Oct. 15 that left two people injured.</p>
<p>Devon Strouss has been released from custody at Hennepin County Jail after posting a $2,500 bail bond, according to jail records. His first court appearance is set for Nov. 25.</p>
<p>The criminal complaint filed against Strouss alleges he fired multiple shots into the bar after he was asked to leave for becoming a nuisance and bringing his dog into the bar. The shots struck one victim in the torso and another in the knee. The victims were taken to HCMC to be treated for the non-life threatening injuries.</p>
<p>Crime investigators at the scene found several discharged cartridge casings, a fired bullet and at least five bullet holes in the bar’s front door.</p>
<p>Police officers tracked Strouss down at his girlfriend’s apartment in Loring Park after receiving an anonymous tip that included a link to Strouss’ Facebook page.</p>
<p>Strouss has been charged with two felony counts of second degree assault charges and one felony count of reckless discharge of a firearm in a municipality. </p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:58:31 +0000Sarah McKenzie23867 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/23-year-old-man-charged-in-loring-park-bar-shooting#commentsNest herehttp://www.journalmpls.com/voices-feed/nest-here
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Carla Waldemar</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Third Bird</em><br /><em>1612 Harmon Place</em><br /><em>767-9495</em><br /><em><a href="http://www.thethirdbirdmpls.com/" target="_blank">thethirdbirdmpls.com</a> </em></p>
<p>Quick, name another local restaurateur who owns eight dining sites, each with its own unique menu and persona?</p>
<p>No, neither can I. Hats off to Kim Bartmann, a glass ceiling shatterer in a largely testosterone-dominated profession. Not only are her eclectic establishments accessible and affordable and styled with boho charm, they’re arguably the greenest and most organic of food ops in the city. What’s more, she’s adept at recycling failed spaces.</p>
<p>And she’s done it again — all of the above — at the new Third Bird, latest occupant of Nick &amp; Eddie’s, then Café Maude in Loring Park. Adding to its boho cachet, you meander down a who-knew alley (so SoHo) to the entry door — where you’re welcomed warmly.</p>
<p>But OK, do-gooder credentials aside, what about the food? One word for it: terrific. The most original menu consists of two dozen share-able plates from which to compose a meal ($5 to $19, not counting the ribeye at $69 that’s not exactly flying out the kitchen.) Two of us polished off six plates, lubricated by enticing, of a bit costly, wines BTG.</p>
<p>Start with the grilled asparagus, then send me a thank-you note. The slender green stalks come slathered with an extraordinary coalition of chevre, sherry vinegar, sweet onion, crunchy bits of almonds and toasted rye crumbs (plus a bonus of picked white asparagus atop, as our server whispered.) I could order it again as dessert. And I will.</p>
<p>A radically de- then re-constructed Caesar, also ultra-tasty, involves a few baby leaves of romaine consorting with char-roasted cauliflorets, sweet cherry tomatoes and (again as our server alerted us) hot, toasted-to-order croutons, all basking in brown butter and a Parmesan-infused vinaigrette.</p>
<p>Hard acts to follow? Darn right. But the pork belly — chunk after sublimely fatty chunk — strode up to the plate and hit it out of (into?) the park, accompanied by peanuts, cilantro, Minnesota chokecherries and yuzo crumbs. The salmon carpaccio (served slightly charred, and thus a tad too firm and dry) came paired — genius! — with rhubarb, fried walnuts and black olives as savory companions, and fennel-dill oil. (If you’re counting ingredients, just quit it and enjoy. They team up fluidly with no unruly shout-outs.)</p>
<p>On to the deliriously creamy polenta, seriously scented with truffle oil, on which rests an egg poached in Easter-basket-ready beet juice (why? And a mite too long at that.) It’s paired — perfectly — with tiny bits of ham hock in a mild pistou sauce. Finally, the sweet, meltaway scallops come matched with a dice of burly chorizo (a smart yin-yang alliance) and a handful of clams, steamed (so our server whispered) in PBR.</p>
<p>Desserts range from crème brulee and flourless chocolate blah-blah to what our server insisted was the evening’s winner: Pavlova. It proved to be the customary (back in its day) combo of meringue, pudding and fruit. OK but boring, we told him later — so he removed it from our bill: totally unnecessary and totally nice.</p>
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</div></div></div>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:29:23 +0000Sarah McKenzie23631 at http://www.journalmpls.comhttp://www.journalmpls.com/voices-feed/nest-here#commentsNow Open: The Third Birdhttp://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/now-open-the-third-bird
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Ben Johnson</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Local restaurateur Kim Bartmann opened her latest concept, The Third Bird, in the former home of Café Maude on Aug. 19.</p>
<p>The renovated space pairs a laid-back, coffee shop vibe with an upscale menu and extensive wine list in an attempt to establish itself as a dependable neighborhood hangout.</p>
<p>“It’s a casual, neighborhood restaurant with really good food,” said head chef Lucas Almendinger, who previously ran the well-reviewed but short-lived Union Fish Market.</p>
<p>The food, artfully plated by Almendinger, uses produce from Bartmann’s Tiny Diner farm and will frequently change with the seasons.</p>
<p>“The first couple months it won’t change quite as quickly as we still are getting our feet under us, but once the machine is up and running smoothly there will be small or even major menu changes as we see fit about every two, three weeks,” he said.</p>
<p>A beautiful, long, circular wooden bar dominates the back of room, which looks out at Loring Park through tall, brand-new windows. Bartmann got into <a href="http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/kim-bartmann-may-open-new-restaurant-in-loring-park">a bit of a dispute</a> with the Historic Planning Commission in trying to replace the windows, but eventually a compromise was found.</p>
<p>The entrance can be a little tricky to find. Instead of coming in from the Loring Park side of the restaurant, it’s in the alley out back, but the initial confusion caused by coming in the back does reduce traffic in front of the nice view.</p>
<p>This is Bartmann’s eighth restaurant. She also owns Bryant Lake Bowl, Pat’s Tap, Red Stag Supper Club, Cafe Barbette, Gigi’s Café, Bread and Pickle and Tiny Diner.</p>
<p>The Third Bird offers a brunch, lunch and dinner menu, and there's mezzanine seating available for large groups. During the week it’s open 11 a.m.-2 a.m., and on weekends 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Happy hour is Monday-Friday 3-6 p.m., where all taps, cocktails and glasses of wine are $2 off.</p>
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<p><strong>(BELOW: An interactive map of recent business openings in Journal land.) </strong></p>
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